Having little knowledge of the two wheeled world it was decided to partner an established team in order to fast track the learning process. For 1999 Raider Motorsport became a key financial partner in the Sydney based Ducati Bears F1 racing team. With legendary rider Peter Hinton, Mike ‘the bike’ Soderland and Kerry Mills, the trio achieved a world first win for the Ducati 900SS in the Motorcycle Concepts 1999 Six-Hour Endurance race. Although still part of the Bear’s F1 team, in 2001 Raider Motorsport became a satellite operation entering a single Ducati 916 for novice rider Maurice Rissman who in his first full season of competition secured the Ducati Bears F1 team their maiden, and only, victory at National level.